Sad-iron.



No. 856,825. PATENTED .TUNE 11, 1907. G. M. URIE.

SAD IRON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

SAD-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed April 19,1906. Serial No. 312,603.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE i\I. Unie, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates te improvements in sad irons.

The object of the invention is to provide an iron of this character' having a removable heating core, whereby the necessity of placing the iron upon the stove is obviated.

Another object is to provide a sad iron having a ventilated top and a Vshield by means of which the heat of the iron is prevented from reaching the hand.

A further object is to provide a sad iron having a removable heating core and a removable Ventilating top and means whereby said top may be quickly secured to and released from the top of the iron.

I/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :--Figure 1 is a side view of a sad iron constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 .is a lon gitudinal, vertical, section vFig. 3 is a transverse, vertical, section; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the heating core removed; and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the removable catch by which the top cf the iron is secured to the shell or body portion thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the hollow body portion or shell of the iron, said body portion being constructed of comparatively thin metal, which is preferably highly polished and plated. Adapted to be placed u on the upper side of the body 1 is a venti ated top 2, consisting of a lower imperforate plate 3 having an inwardly projecting flange arranged on its lower side and adjacent to its outer edge, said flange'being adapted to fit snugly within the u per end of the shell or body 1, as shown. Sbcured to the plate 3 by screws or other suitable fastening means is a hollow section comprising an upper plate 4 having 'formed on its edge a downwardly projecting flange-5 which rests on and engages the plate In the lower' engaging edge of the Yflange 5 is formed a series of notches or recesses (i, through which air is permitted to enter between the plates 3 and 4, thereby keeping` the top cool.

On the upper side of the plate at are formed upwardly projecting lugs 7, on which is adapted to rest a guard plate S. On the plate S may be placed the name ol' the iron and the manufacturer or any other suitable inscription, said plate a'l'loriiling additional means for deflecting the heat from the iron. Formed on the upper side of the plate L1 adjacent to each end thereof are upwardly proj ecting, hollow bosses 9, in the upper side of which are formed screw holes 10. The iron is preferably provided with a curved wooden handle 13, the ends of which are adapted to it upon and engage the upper sides of the hollow bosses 9 and to be securely connected thereto by means of screws 14 passed through the holes 10 and screwed into the handle.

In order to removably secure the top 2 upon the body portion 1 of the iron, a suitable locking plate or catch is provided, said catch being here shown and is preferably in the forni of a circular plate 15 having at diametrically opposite points laterally projecting segmental lugs 16. Said lugs are adapted to engage with slots or recesses 17 formed in ribs 17u on the inner walls of the sides of the body 1, as shown. The plate 15 is turned in one direction or the other to engage and disengage the lugs 16 from recesses 17 byineans of a centrally-disposed shaft 1S rigidly connected at its lower end to the plate. The upper end of the shaft 18 projects through the top 2 and the uard plate S and has secured 9 thereto a cranr handle 1.9 provided with a wooden knob 2O by means oi' which the same may be turned to lock and unlock the top 2 to the body portion of the iron.

Adapted to be placed in the hollow body portion or shell of the iron is a removable core 21, said core being of such shape and size as to` iit snugly within the shell and having formed in its upper side a groove 22, in which is formed an apertured lug 23 by means of which a suitable lifting device may be engaged with said core to remove and replace the saine in the shell 1. The core 21 is provided at opposite points in its sides with vertically disposed grooves or channels 24, which IOO permit the core to be slipped into the shell and engage the ribs 17a formed on the inner walls of the sides of the shell, as shown.

By providing a removable core for sad irons as herein shown and described, the core may be taken out when desired and quickly heated, after which the same is replaced in the iron and the top secured thereto. The heated core when thus placed in the shell will heat said shell and keep the saine heated for a considerably greater length of time than an ordinary iron willhold its heat. The ventilated top serves to deflect or to prevent the heat Jfrom the body of the iron reaching the hand of the operator. By providing a duplicate core 21, one of said cores may be heating when the other is being used, thus providing for a continuous ironing operation.

From the foregoing description, taken. in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is zl. ln a sad iron, a shell provided with interior ribs having seats, a top to engage the shell, and a rotatable locking member carried by the top and to interlock with the seats.

2. In a sad iron, a shell provided with vertically-disposed ribs having longitudinallydisposed seats, a top to engage the shell, and a rotatable locking member carried by the top to interlock 'with the seats.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE M. URIE.

Vitnesses CHAs. VAN SMITH,

lV. N. HAY. 

